Mens Cross Country Finishes Sixth at UMass-Dartmouth

Sep 19, 2009

DARTMOUTH, Mass. - The MIT men's cross country
team earned a sixth-place finish among 37 teams at the
UMass-Dartmouth Invitational Saturday. Hemagiri Arumugam was the
top overall finisher for the Cardinal and Grey, who totaled 145
points, fourth-best among Division III squads.

Arumugam completed the five-mile course in 25:05, good for
seventh overall. Dan Harper was the next best finisher for the
Engineers, 30 seconds behind Arumugam, in 30th place. The next
three Tech harriers crossed the finish line within three seconds of
each other. Jacob Young was the first of that group, coming in 35th
at 25:45. Ben Mattocks (25:47) and Bill Phipps (25:48) were next
across in 38th and 39th respectively.

Keene State took home the team title with 68 points, easily
outscoring second-place Stonehill (96). Glarius Rop (24:05) of
American International College was the top overall finisher by
almost 35 seconds.

MIT will return to its home course at Franklin Park next
Saturday, September 26 for the Cod Fish Bowl beginning at 12:00
p.m.